Tooth-brush.



L. TUBES.V

TOOTH BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1913.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913 'LENA TUBBS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

TOOTH- BRUSH.

Speciication of Letters Ilatent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed J une 13, 1913. Serial No. 773,480.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LENA TUBBS a cltize of the United States residing at Charleston,

in the county of Charlestonv and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tooth Brushes, of which the followin is a specication.

The invention re ates to tooth brushes, and has for an object to provide a simple and' effective foldable tooth brush which will at all times be clean and sanitary.

The invention embodies, among other features, the provision of a tooth brush which includes a brush body adapted to normally lie within a casing suitably perforated to permit of air passing therethrough and keeping the brush body in a clean and sanitary condition1 the saidbrush body being also adapted to be held on the casing after being removed therefrom so that the casing willconstitute a `handle for the brush body and the said brush body being furthermore soarranged upon the casing in an open position as to prevent any dripping from the brush body from passing into the casing or handle. Y In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constitutin a part of this specification, in which simi ar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which: Figure 1 is a perspective View of the tooth brush, showing the tooth brushiin open position on the casin or handle; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinaA sectional view, with the brush body shown in closed position; and' Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a casing l0 constituting a suitable .handle and provided on an vend 11 thereof with a series of perforations 12. A head 13 includes a shank 14 carrying a brush body 15, the said head 13 being tapered toward the shank 14 and tapered toward-its free end -as shown. The tapered portion nearest the shank 14 is provided with a series of longitudinal passages 16, the said passages when the brush body is in closed position with respect to the casing beingadapted to permit gagement therewith and then air to pass throu h the casing and retain the brush body in a to quickly dry the same after the brush body has been used, it being readily apparent that by having the perforations l2 in one end of lthe casing and having the passages 16 at the other end of the casing a current of air will readily pass through the casing to dry the brush body.

The normal position ofthe brush'body with respect tothe casing is shown in Fig. 2, with the head 13 constituting a closure for one end of the casing l0, it being readily apparent'tha't the brush body willbe held in closed position by the inner tapered portion of the head being in frictional engagement with the edge of the casin at the open end thereof. Now'in the use o? it is desired to employ the brush body for brushin the' teeth it will be apparent that the brus body can be readily removed from the casing by removing the head from enby reversing the head and sticking the other or tapered end of the head into the casing to frictionally engage the same, it will be apparent that the brush body will be rigidly supported on the casing and whichconstitutes a handle for the brush body; that by having the open edge of the casin in frictional engagement with the apex ormed by the o positely tapered portions of the head t e casin will be substantially closed so that any rops of water from the brush body and which pass down the passages 16 will beprevented from entering the casin and which will at all times be ina dry con ition so that when the brush body is folded within the casingI as mentioned heretofore it will quickly dry therein and, furthermore, will beprotected from dust and dirt.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a tooth brush comprising a casing having an open end and a perforated end, a headincluding a shank carrying a brush body, and the said head having a series of lon itudinal air parssages, with one end of the ead adapted for engagement with the casing to support the brush body in open position thereon and the ean and sanitary condition the device, when.

end of the head having the passages therein In testimon whereof I aix my signature adapted for engagement with the easing in presence o two Witnesses.

When the brush body is arranged therein, the LENA TUBBS said air passages being open to the exterior of the casing to permit the passage of airl Witnesses:

through the perforated end of the casing T. P. DE GEFERELLY,

and the said air passages. L. J. TUBES. 

